Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-14
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.


GEORGIA.
There were thirty-0ne vessels in port at
Brunswick Tuesday.
The Cochran Prohibitionists elected
their municipal ticket Wednesday.
The cOnvicts at work on the Macon and
Athens road have driven of Tree labor.
Quite a large party in Athens IL talking
about European excursion next spring.
The subscription to the Blsn manu-
ment fund at Brunswick is already over
$500.
The Knights of Labor IN Athens say
they have fought their las. political
battle.
So soon as the weather permits dirt
VIII be broken On the new opera house at
Athens.
Arrangements are being made to hold
court in Watkinsville on lhg tourtl Mon.
DAY in this month. Court VIII be held
either in the church or tue academy.
John H. Smith, Joe W. Dorset and ID.
Pink BursOn have formed a c0partuer-
ship ana bought Out The grocery store OF
:. n. Dorset, and will continue the busl-
ness at DOuglasYllle.
The Gainesville Couraut aAd Carriers
Vile American nave consolidated, and
gives as the reason for such action that
C&rtersVille furnishes too limited 4 field
for the successful maintenance OF Two
1irst-ciass newspapers.'| The paper viii
hereafter be known as tDC CUurant- Ameri-
can.
Great interest was tNe in the munich
pal ell ctlOn at WarreUton Tuesday. The
vote was the largest eyer polled there and
the old Council were defeated by large
majority. The cOmrs IS toner's elected are
as follows: j. III w. Cody, l.. A. Csson,
John Thompson, A LASER, aud :. l.. Pat
tillo,
Tuesday night w. W. Edwards. who
lives lew miles from jug Tavern, lost
his kitchen and nearly everything il con-
tanned by fire. He had recently pur-
chased $50 cooking range, which was
totally ruined by the tlame.. His entire
hock Of cooking utensils and tableware
were destroyed.
Tuesday night on MIR. William Free
mans place. a few miles from Griffin,
coon, driven by the severe cold, it is pre-.
sumed, maze his way into a negro cabin
and proceeded to gnaw the timers of
sleeping Child. The child awOke the
household by its cries and the negro
father soon dispatched his coonship with
an AK.
J.W. Talley, a prosperous young farmer
living near Propville, in Carroll county,
committed suicide Wednesday morning
by hanging himself 10 iOIst in
his buggy house. Domestic trouble is the
cause assigned for the rash act. He was
considered by his neighbors TO have been
ont of his mind for several days before
Als suicide.
DR.. Golden Csrithers, of jug Tavern,
carries in his pocket pistol ball which
he extracted from the back Of negro,
after 1t had passed through his body
without killing MN. The negro lived
near Carither' store, in Walton county,
and was shot by another negro, who used
an old percussion pistol and armed a t the
Aeit breast, seemingly intending TO Kill.
AS the steamer Lord Durby was pro-
ceedIng to sea from Brunswick Wednes-
day her crew were engaged in taking in
the anchor upon the degallHnt fOrecastle.
&ben some piece of gearing gave wav,
WhN2h 5Fecipltated the an cnOr overheard
With l20 fathoms of cham. The ships
carpenter was carried overheard and
drowned, and the first mate had his leg
broken. The steamer returned TO port.
On Saturday morning. Jan. !, the mills
OF John A. W lson, near WiDsuuyiIle, in
Douglss county, was completely de-
lstroyed by ire. The fire desJr0red the
grist mill, saw mill, single mill, lathing
machine, cotton gin d ali the tools he
llohglnE TO each department. The fire
was discovered about day break. The
loss Is between $1,000 and So 600, and
leaves Mr.. wilson penniless. The orr
gin OF the fire is unknown.
On the night of Dec. 80, some one en-
tered the store of Mrs. NJ. j. c. Statoam,
near the jug factory, at jug Tavern, and
stole about Sl02, which she had in a small
box under tue counter. Oscar W. She'll
nut lived in the yard of Mrs. Statham.
ana suspicion at once pointed TO him as
1.-THE guilty party. BE was arrested, and
upon searching his house a part of The
money was found secreteu in his bed
He was committed to jail, where ne now
awaits trial.
Sheriff Westcott arrested William V.
Harper, of the firm of the firm OF Plant &
Harper, INSURANCE. agents, at Macon.
about II 80 O'Clock W ednesday night, on
Il warrant charging him with larceny
after trust. The arrest was effected al
his residence, near TGttnall square. after
lie had retired for the night. The warrant
was sworn out be ore Justice Freeman.
and the amount involved is about 1880.
Mr.. Harper says he will be able TO clear
up the matter.
Jasper Yarbrough, the Banks county
ku-klux whom Judge Speer had
convicted and sent to AL
bany IN. " penItentary for
whipping negroes during the Speer-
( Gambler campaign in Banks county, has
served out nls term ana gone back 10
! Harmony Grove. Yarbrough is a shoe
! maker by trade, and while at work at his
business in the penitentiary, New York
shoe manufacturer saw his work. and
was so well pleased with 1t that he offered
\ arbrough $4 90 Il day and to pay the ex-
penses of Narbrough aud his family from
Harmony Grove to New York.
The Bank Of Southwestern Georgia was
organized at Amercus w ednesday Dv the
election Of the following board Of direc-
/ tors: NJ. speer, j. W. W heatly, Z. j. Ell.
bridge, h. K. johnson. II. J. Perry, J. e.
Nicholson and c. A. Huntington. NJ.
Speer was elected President. !. W.
Wheatly Vice President, ". Ii. {. Dudley
! CASHIER, a. W. Smith assistant cashier.
aud W. NJ. Jones bookkeeper. One hun.
dred thousand dollars cash starts the bank
in operation. The charter grants the
privilege TO increase the capital stock TO
100000, which Will probably be done al
I an early day. One dollar and ten cents
IS now freely offered for the stock.
The people in the neighborhood OF the
Georgia Midland cut on Taylor street.
Griffin, were startled Tuesday morning
by a terrific explosion, shaking and rat
ling the windows of the houses within a
radius of half q mile. An investigation
showed that a blast had been made in
which q keg OF powder mad been used,